Improvement in combined implements



L. BEACH.

COMBINE D IMPLEMENT.

Patented Aug.1,1876'..

EIITDB ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT LESTER BEACH, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR ToVICTORIA SIMPSON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED IMPLEME NTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,52l dated August 1,1876; application filed April 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LESTER BEACH, of Derby, in thecounty of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in CombinedImplements, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a plan view of my improved tool. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionof the same, taken through the line or 00, Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrow.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention consists in a compound tool adaptedto several uses, ashereafter fully de-' scribed.

The body of the tool consists of two parallel bars, connected at theirends, and at suitable distances apart between said ends, by crossbars,so as'to make the tool light and at the same time strongj I prefer tomake the bars square, and place them diagonally; but they may be made ofany other desired form.

Upon one end of the tool is formed ascrewdriver, A. Upon one edge of thetool, near the screw-driver A, is formed a hammer-head, B; and upon theother edge, directly opposite the hammer B, or nearly so, is formed anicepick, 0, which I prefer to make pyramidshaped, but which may be madein any other To one of the cross-bars of the body of the tool areattached two small steel plates, D, arranged with their adjacent edgesat an angle with each other, so that they may be used as aknife-sharpener. Upon the other end of the body of the tool is formed anotched projection or claw, E, which is so formed that it may be usedfor pulling tacks and for lifting stove-covers. Upon the edge of thebody or the tool, diagonally opposite the ice-pick G, is formed a curvedprojection or finger, F, which may be used as a poker and as apot-lifter, as may be required. At one end the space Gr, between the endcross-bar and the first intermediate cross-bar, is made slightlytapering, and the inner edges of the side bars are flattened, to adaptsaid space to be used as a wrench for turning various-sized nuts. Uponone or both the side bars of the tool are formed division-marks ofinches and parts of an inch, to adapt the tool to be used as a rule, H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 4 A tool formed of parallel bars H H,connected by cross-bars, and provided with screwdriver A. hammer B,ice-pick O, tack-puller E, pot-lifter F, sharpener D, and wrench G,placed as shown and described.

LESTER BEACH. Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, O. SEDGWICK.

